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I took TechnoBoy and The Mercenary for their very first sports physical today. At the tender age of 10, they’ll be starting football practice in a few weeks. I have to say, the whole thing is a little unnerving. I didn’t start any formal sports until I was in the 7th grade. […]

My thirteen year-old son, who I adore, seems to be in a funk lately.  Instead of swimming being a fun activity, it’s now "stupid and we do it all the time."  He would love to go to an amusement park, but that’s not an every day activity, to be sure.  When asked to come up […]

Applying sunscreen
Bicycling
Chasing fireflies
Dealing cards
Eating blueberries
Fortifying sand castles
Gathering seashells
Hosting friends
Inventing games
Jumping rope
Killing time
Licking popsicles
Making lemonade
Nursing cuts and scrapes
Ordering ice cream
Playing croquet
Quibbling with siblings
Racing through the sprinkler
Splashing in the pool
Traveling to the beach
Uncovering sand crabs
Viewing the night sky
Wading in lakes
X-tra late bedtimes
Yawning
Zzzzz’s

by Slouching Mom

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The other week, Hope was at camp with a bunch of friends. They found a racquetball court. They don’t play racquetball. So they did what they do.
They started singing.
One guy had a guitar, the rest sang the songs that they knew from church. They love to sing. They do well. They loved the wonder of […]

Last week I talked about heading to the beach for a few days with my big family. We did it and it was a success. We all have intense sun hangovers and tired muscles to show for it. At any given moment there were multiple games happening on different areas of the […]

I had an issue where the older boys caused some damage to the house a few months ago. The discussion in the comments was a great one, and one of the things that came out of that for me and Hubby was a renewed effort to get the boys into some kind of service […]

I am pleased to report that the hydration pack was a success.  Yes, my husband would probably say it was also successful in making me look like a dork, and yes, he’s probably right.  I think though he might be a little biased due to the fact that I filled the “bladder,” yeah it does […]

When the 4th of July rolls around we pack up and head to the Maine coast for a few days. That in itself is not unique as we also do it as often as is possible throughout the summer. What is unique about this trip is that we meet up with about 31 […]

It strikes me that there are two kinds of children: those who go from one obsession to the next, each meriting single-minded devotion and zealous allegiance until that moment when tomorrow’s obsession is revealed with all the intoxicating mystery of a new crush … and those who, well, don’t.
I have one of each kind […]

A lot of my fellow moms are fit, but the level of fitness amongst most of my mom friends can’t be compared to that of the fittest triathletes I have met. When some of them have told me that they had been pregnant, I have almost fallen over. Given a choice between believing […]